Seton Powerhouse
The Seton Powerhouse is a hydroelectric generating station on the Fraser River just below the confluence of the Seton River at the town of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada.- Type: Industrial building
- Description: Hydroelectric power station in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Lillooet Powerhouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lillooet railway station and Miyazaki House.
Lillooet railway station
Railway station
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lillooet is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. Lillooet railway station is situated 1½ km northwest of Seton Powerhouse.
Miyazaki House
Museum
Photo: Yurivict, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Miyazaki House in Lillooet, British Columbia is an elegant house built by Caspar Phair in the 1880s. It was partially modelled after Mrs. Phair's previous home, Eyrecourt Castle, in County Galway, Ireland. Miyazaki House is situated 2½ km north of Seton Powerhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lillooet and Fountain Valley.
Lillooet
Photo: LongitudeLatitude, CC BY 2.0.
Lillooet is the main town in the Fraser Canyon and Bridge River Country region of British Columbia. It was the first native town in the British Columbia Interior, and was briefly the largest town of the Fraser River Gold Rush in 1858-1860.
Fountain Valley
Hamlet
Photo: The Interior, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fountain Valley, officially named Three Lake Valley and also known as the Fountain Lakes Valley, is a valley and rural community located on the east flank of Fountain Ridge, east of the town of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada and immediately south of the Indian reserve community of Fountain. Fountain Valley is situated 8 km northeast of Seton Powerhouse.
Fountain
Locality
Fountain is an unincorporated rural area and Indian reserve community in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada, located at the ten-mile mark from the town of Lillooet on BC Highway 99, which in that area is also on the route of the Old Cariboo Road and is located at the junction of that route with the old gold rush-era trail via Fountain Valley and the Fountain Lakes. Fountain is situated 9 km north of Seton Powerhouse.
Seton Powerhouse
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.67272° or 50° 40′ 22″ northLongitude
-121.92421° or 121° 55′ 27″ westOperator
BC HydroOpen location code
942WM3FG+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 207996766OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q7456809
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